Probation Rules Kept Da Brat's From Pal Mariah Carey's Baby Shower

Rapper Da Brat was forced to miss out on her close friend Mariah Carey's recent baby shower because the terms of her probation forbid her from leaving the state of Georgia until the end of the summer.

Mariah Carey is expecting twins with husband Nick Cannon and celebrated the impending birth of her babies with a party in Los Angeles in March.

But Da Brat, who completed a three-year prison stint in February, had to skip the bash as a result of her legal woes.

She tells Sister 2 Sister magazine, "I couldn't go because I got this ankle monitor on. I can't leave the state for six months."

However, the hip-hop star insists she couldn't be happier for the parents-to-be: "I'm so happy for her. She so deserves it. She has one of the most beautiful spirits. And her and Nick together, they are so good for each other. They (sic) both kids, and I love that. She's been through a lot and I'm grateful that she found somebody like him."